‘I love you’: Barcelona star Lionel Messi posts emotional farewell message to PSG-bound Neymar
Neymar expected to arrive in Paris today to finalise his world-record €222 million move from Barcelona
Lionel Messi bid farewell to Neymar in an emotional Instagram post after the Brazilian striker told him and other Barcelona teammates he was leaving, saying it was a “huge pleasure” to have played with him.
The Catalan club confirmed on Wednesday that Neymar wanted to leave after weeks of intense speculation, taking the 25-year-old closer to a potential world-record move to Paris Saint-Germain.
“It was a huge pleasure having shared all those years with you, my friend @neymarjr,” Messi wrote on Instagram next to a montage of pictures of both football stars high-fiving, embracing or laughing.
“I wish you lots of luck in this new stage in your life. See you soon tkm,” he added. “Tkm” stands for “te quiero mucho” [I love you loads].
“Thanks brother. I will miss you man,” Neymar replied on Instagram.
A post shared by Leo Messi (@leomessi) on Aug 2, 2017 at 6:05am PDT
Neymar is expected to arrive in Paris today to finalise his world record €222 million (HK$2 billion) move from Barcelona, which will earn him around €30 million a year.